They don't. Anyone can have an opinion. All I'm saying is you can't claim the moral high ground on being against Straya day and then take the public holiday off. Well you can - it just denegrates the validity of your moral argument and creates a perception of opportunism.

I'm not intentionally pushing the point hard - perhaps as it's late and my views are in the minority it seems like they are being pushed?

Where did I take the moral high ground? You yourself said that the day is disrespectful to indigenous Australians and the day is "off". My language was far less specific than that and my reasons for not getting into it was only partly explained by its history, mostly because of personal reasons.

I love this post but just want to point out that there is a difference in America between 'blacks'/African Americans and Native Americans. Yes they are both minorities in America that experience set backs due to racism but their history and 'place' in American culture is quite different.

Not aiming this post at you, but more I think because many Australians refer to their indigenous people as 'black' that they often think it is the same thing as a black American when it is actually different. Obviously both dealing with tragic histories in American culture but dealing with different issues.

I think this thread is about Australia Day. Not sure what America has to do with it.

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